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WXM ran +248% before the open, then closed +98%

Tue 11 Aug 2026·Daily recap

Pre-market 09:25 ET

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5 names cleared the screen at 09:25. WXM had the biggest gap at +176% on a 0.58M float. The most money went through WXM: $218.5M before the open, 39.9 times its float.

TickerGap 09:25PM highFloatPM $RotationCountry
WXM+176%+248%0.58M$218.5M3,995%China
PLAG+98%+197%11.64M$102.6M751%USA
BW+35%+43%143.59M$10.3M1%USA
ELPW+28%+75%0.12M$42.6M6,225%China
FF+25%+30%26.12M$2.9M2%USA

Why they moved

  • WXM: No company news found before the open.
  • PLAG: Planet Green said it is starting commercial operations to source and sell lactoferrin in China and named a chief scientist to support product growth.
  • BW: Babcock & Wilcox posted second-quarter results ahead of expectations, raised guidance, and agreed with Siemens Energy on 20 steam turbines totaling 1 GW for data center power.
  • ELPW: No company news found before the open.
  • FF: FutureFuel reported a second-quarter profit versus a year-earlier loss, with sales more than doubling from the prior-year period.

Pre-market levels reference prices at 09:25

The prices traders were watching going into the open: the pre-market high and low, the 09:25 price, and yesterday's close.

TickerPM high09:25PM lowPrev close
WXM$13.91$11.02$4.26$4.00
PLAG$1.68$1.12$0.5586$0.5657
BW$12.73$11.98$11.67$8.88
ELPW$7.02$5.15$4.01$4.01
FF$6.71$6.47$6.05$5.16

How they traded 09:30–16:00

5 of 5 closed above the previous day's close, and 1 closed at or above their 09:25 gap. The biggest give-back was WXM: +248% at its pre-market high, +168% at the open, +98% at the close. PLAG was the strongest close at +927%.

TickerOpenHighLowCloseDay
WXM+168%+220%+82%+98%
PLAG+89%+1104%+82%+927%
BW+34%+36%+1%+3%
ELPW+29%+39%+5%+20%
FF+28%+35%+18%+23%

All moves are against the previous day's close. The bar runs from the day's low to its high, and the tick is the close.

The WXM give-backWXM reached +248% before the open on $218.5M of trading, 39.9 times its float, and closed the day +98%.

SuperAlerts at the close

3 names met the SuperAlerts screen at the close.

MSGY

Float 0.56M · day +25% · range 131% · AI Score 7 · Hong Kong

PLAG

Float 11.64M · day +443% · range 561% · AI Score 15 · USA
Other

TENX

Float 33.94M · day +13% · range 29% · AI Score 0 · USA
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